Wide-handed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Wide-handed is an adjective meaning Having hands that are wide.
Meaning
Having hands that are wide.
More Meanings
- Characterized by hands held open and splayed fingers.
- Characterized by hands held away from the torso.
- Generous
- In a wide-handed manner.
Example Sentences
He gave Swainer a wide-handed wave.
Marie makes a distinction between the long-handed and the wide-handed forms.
I like doing 100 by doing 40 normal, 30 wide-handed position, and then 30 in the close-handed position.
Handy was a brown-faced man with crisply curling brown hair and blue eyes; a wide-handed, capable Philadelphia seaman.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include large-handed, full-handed, broad-beamed, wide, broad, overwide.
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